https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog-original daily 0.75 2024-05-30 https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog-original/blog-post-title-one-t2w6f monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/e83bcf2f-0a82-43de-85e4-4e4e3279eac6/IMG_3591.jpg BLOG - Thoughts on woodworking - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-03-07 https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/fan-boy-you-betnbsp monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/30a50169-8761-4500-a58b-eb7d313a7e32/Screenshot+2025-03-06+191548.png BLOG - Fan boy! You bet!  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/when-passions-collide monthly 0.5 2024-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/29d34fed-cd4f-4a1f-b7a2-ff7984ce6457/IMG_4732.jpg BLOG - When Passions Collide! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/182131e7-0688-4ffa-8b6f-dea580c1191e/IMG_4730.jpg BLOG - When Passions Collide! - Make it stand out The crazy small wires that control my CNC router, when they are connected to my CNC router. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/25e3e8ca-286b-4c85-9a3c-98280a3127c8/IMG_4731.jpg BLOG - When Passions Collide! - Make it stand out The unholy taped up mess of my CNC wires. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/goodbye-old-friend monthly 0.5 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/34993631-cb55-44ad-8b1f-4aca19591818/IMG_4711.jpg BLOG - Goodbye old Friend - Make it stand out My time at the Woodworker’s Journal featured not only print articles but also videos, both long and short form, online articles and a newsletter and time meeting with woodworkers at various events. It was the best job of my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/a3c8f3ec-0489-44ce-b751-1d33a1721535/IMG_4710.jpg BLOG - Goodbye old Friend - Make it stand out The final print issue of the Woodworker’s Journal magazine, October 2025. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/modern-mesquite-table monthly 0.5 2024-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/9ed98662-42a7-4ab1-8833-d9b8fbd23bcd/IMG_4499.JPG BLOG - Modern Mesquite Table - Make it stand out Two glued up pieces of mesquite lumber. It had traveled with me for years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/70e35b1b-8569-4b63-b0c1-fdacc102f6ba/IMG_4495.jpg BLOG - Modern Mesquite Table - Make it stand out Leg mounting pads and various stiffeners in place the table was some sanding and a finish away from being done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/a41d5491-d952-4237-9833-f20261604a04/IMG_4494.jpg BLOG - Modern Mesquite Table - Make it stand out The shape of the stiffener perfectly matched the groove and the overlapping edges added glue area and strength https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/f0d2ae1d-c7ff-4665-95ae-469a2c5e89d5/IMG_4496.jpg BLOG - Modern Mesquite Table - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/69c196da-e21b-405d-bed8-78dadff95c30/IMG_4491.jpg BLOG - Modern Mesquite Table - Make it stand out First attempt at shaping the tabletop. The V-gap at the right end looked funky. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/old-and-new monthly 0.5 2024-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/3fb57ccf-549a-4177-88ad-3e37fc070686/IMG_4474.jpg BLOG - Old and New - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/5fe594a3-6d24-4d82-b765-9d29371f92b0/IMG_4473.jpg BLOG - Old and New - Make it stand out The final coat of medium gloss polyurethane was applied. The polyurethane topcoat provides great protection against wear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/806daec2-1ebf-4644-b653-d86f6369ba5c/IMG_4477.jpg BLOG - Old and New - Make it stand out With a live edge and epoxy filled knot voids, this white oak tabletop was just what the customer ordered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/4dd97732-4df8-4abe-b91e-d9b01a17cd0a/IMG_4475.jpg BLOG - Old and New - Make it stand out A small display box for the old sewing machine was the last task. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/49dc2690-1824-465f-acf0-f2f1ce504356/IMG_4478.jpg BLOG - Old and New - Make it stand out This antique sewing machine base was brought to Minnesota from Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/03bbe151-1c73-492c-8eda-b4bbb90c9696/IMG_4468.jpg BLOG - Old and New - Make it stand out A bad sanding job meant that the entire tabletop needed to be sanded down to bare wood and restained. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/holding-up-the-tabletops monthly 0.5 2024-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/19f15e0a-f614-40f1-b5a9-d9c60e248ea3/IMG_4429.jpg BLOG - Holding Up the Tabletops - Make it stand out Mounting the legs required some blocks and table reinforcement, modified from the original mounting concept for the turned legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/2065755e-aa31-4cee-bc9e-642e36556ab1/IMG_4432.jpg BLOG - Holding Up the Tabletops - Make it stand out With the legs mounted to the tabletop they looked spindly and the whole table looked wonky. (That’s a fancy designer term.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/6967d713-fd86-4247-b767-0f6865778af8/IMG_4434.jpg BLOG - Holding Up the Tabletops - Make it stand out The additional leg “braces” were just the ticket to adding visual weight to the table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/6a587783-808e-4164-a7dd-52ba93854af9/IMG_4442.jpg BLOG - Holding Up the Tabletops - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/3b263b13-73bf-4157-9370-2909a51faa15/IMG_4461+%281%29.jpg BLOG - Holding Up the Tabletops - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/dd4db7bd-0b39-47a1-b38c-6180c01568f5/IMG_4426.jpg BLOG - Holding Up the Tabletops - Make it stand out One version of the full-size leg mockup. Eventually the chamfer would be slightly less pronounced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/dc291f35-9396-4caf-8f1b-7405a867feb3/IMG_4435.jpg BLOG - Holding Up the Tabletops - Make it stand out With the leg conundrum solved, the next steps were sanding and finishing. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/compass-tables monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/2567ba64-74b9-4519-ad25-40bb0e174e26/IMG_4408.jpg BLOG - Compass Tables - Make it stand out Gluing the purpose made cherry molding in place on the pine lumber tabletops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/41536d56-f344-4bc0-8f25-70db73818f3c/IMG_4411.jpg BLOG - Compass Tables - Make it stand out There is a large rabbet machined into the cherry molding. Note the large screw hole in the molding. This is to accommodate wood movement as this segment of the molding is attached to the end grain of the panel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/bc24a035-5833-4ea6-b576-7d9768eac519/IMG_4407.jpg BLOG - Compass Tables - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/computer-whiz-kid monthly 0.5 2024-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/94717faa-195a-4cfc-b7af-f04220c7a8ac/IMG_4374.jpg BLOG - Computer Whiz Kid - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/608b57f3-d223-4000-9bfd-2c0e3e43a30c/IMG_4376.jpg BLOG - Computer Whiz Kid - Make it stand out Carved with a 1/2” diameter V-bit, this letter confirmed my computer skill were far above average … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/0967cb1f-5d24-4fcf-86be-67b54fb40f2a/IMG_4372.jpg BLOG - Computer Whiz Kid - Make it stand out My new 60-degree V-bit from Whiteside. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/jet-10-inch-small-shop-planerjointer monthly 0.5 2024-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/3a4e8848-7caa-43d6-bb13-30c1e25ffb47/IMG_4357.jpg BLOG - JET 10-inch Small Shop Planer/Jointer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/2829df24-1e36-45bd-b1f0-17cfd9acaa26/IMG_4356.jpg BLOG - JET 10-inch Small Shop Planer/Jointer - Make it stand out This is not the dog who ate my homework. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/d5063dbb-fa11-4842-b504-013eb1aba21a/IMG_4329.JPG BLOG - JET 10-inch Small Shop Planer/Jointer - Make it stand out The unit came is a single box. I was able to manage the whole process of unboxing and setting it up by myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/5beb4bff-9cce-441c-8a93-67c011e86f14/IMG_4349.JPG BLOG - JET 10-inch Small Shop Planer/Jointer - Make it stand out Assembling the base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/1e0101c0-a800-4b70-9a28-13d8c749fa49/IMG_4333.jpg BLOG - JET 10-inch Small Shop Planer/Jointer - Make it stand out The dog ate my homework! https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/send-the-light monthly 0.5 2024-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/034db043-89c0-4b6d-be46-23d0ad30a26f/IMG_4274.JPG BLOG - Send the Light - Make it stand out Have garden torch, will carbonize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/caf06ddd-21fb-4d30-9b04-4c9b728cae0d/IMG_4299.jpg BLOG - Send the Light - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/f5af97e1-10bd-40a0-bd5f-a14ea1387b5f/IMG_4280.JPG BLOG - Send the Light - Make it stand out The blue section of the flame produces best results. Make every effort to burn the wood evenly around the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/5cd6b7d4-3adf-4574-8167-21f0c6b07fa7/IMG_4289.JPG BLOG - Send the Light - Make it stand out A coat of linseed oil to stabilize the burnt wood fibers and pop the grain figure on the rest of the piece. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/turn-turn-texas-wood monthly 0.5 2024-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/07403595-d8e8-43a5-bbc7-2f9b6a4137c6/IMG_4226.jpg BLOG - Turn, Turn, Texas Wood - Make it stand out Some pretty large insects bored several holes in the log, but they were all near the outside of the bole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/d0cc9f31-b6a9-4009-a444-dd2237273433/IMG_4163.jpg BLOG - Turn, Turn, Texas Wood - Make it stand out This chunk of mesquite is so large and so heavy that it is a real challenge for my mid-sized lathe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/155d8682-efd7-45c6-9a18-b949981eeccf/IMG_4233.JPG BLOG - Turn, Turn, Texas Wood - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/recent-work-moving-ahead monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/aad290b3-e44a-4729-ae78-cbe49f1ecfa0/IMG_4217.jpg BLOG - Recent Work, Moving Ahead - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/ky-yellowwood-bowl monthly 0.5 2024-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/03a53b33-4adb-47e2-9b7b-ea950acd257f/IMG_4177.JPG BLOG - KY Yellowwood Bowl! - Make it stand out Cutting the Y-section in half. I’m using a 1-inch-wide carbide tipped band saw blade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/45edded6-fd04-45b1-a160-97771f1f0dab/IMG_4168.JPG BLOG - KY Yellowwood Bowl! - Make it stand out Trimming the log section to square up the base of the Y-section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/115f75c2-8fbe-463c-be94-6f05ff5479c1/IMG_4197.JPG BLOG - KY Yellowwood Bowl! - Make it stand out Roughing out the turning blank. Here I am using a carbide tipped tool Note that there is still some bark to be removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/348a9706-94cf-4ab4-84ee-e2eca40b0b20/IMG_4208.jpg BLOG - KY Yellowwood Bowl! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/1b73ce44-b00e-4b93-aa65-ea209c6373ab/IMG_4188.JPG BLOG - KY Yellowwood Bowl! - Make it stand out Examining the turning blanks created by bisecting the Kentucky Yellowwood bole. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/kentucky-yellow-wood monthly 0.5 2024-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/f4ae703f-b5e3-4d76-932c-d6c0c7f3f970/IMG_4162.jpg BLOG - Kentucky Yellowwood? - Make it stand out What will this chunk of wood become? Come back to this blog later this week to find out! https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/upgrading-my-cnc-router monthly 0.5 2024-05-06 https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/cranking-out-the-videos monthly 0.5 2024-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/edaec978-0d73-47b8-ae2f-c5110cec7b19/IMG_4116.jpg BLOG - Cranking Out the Videos! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/1444594b-7525-466c-b6f2-02e132a66d95/IMG_4143.jpg BLOG - Cranking Out the Videos! - Make it stand out Me on set at George Vondriska’s shop. Photo by George https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/it-is-finished monthly 0.5 2024-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/184409dd-8bd9-4b1d-97ae-37261760de36/IMG_4074.jpg BLOG - It Is Finished! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/29c1a46b-2280-48c3-b380-8dbbe98023d0/IMG_4075.jpg BLOG - It Is Finished! - Make it stand out The curly bubinga tabletop has stunning figure that looks like you could go swimming in those waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/9f5dcfc3-423d-4479-b63e-3396f84ebd7c/IMG_4083.jpg BLOG - It Is Finished! - Make it stand out Beautiful and practical, this table will be up for sale at the end of April 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/9d5e1b6b-fe84-4cc2-a8a0-65f001b541be/IMG_4091.jpg BLOG - It Is Finished! - Make it stand out Combining an organic live edge with a geometric base, this coffee table give a nod to Prairie Style design. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/how-to-get-a-super-smooth-finish monthly 0.5 2024-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/013636c2-0bbb-464e-89d3-3acc308e7f17/IMG_4068.jpg BLOG - How to Get a Super Smooth Finish - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/the-saw-stop-dilemma monthly 0.5 2024-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/0a18ae7b-b4c5-42fd-a806-f4197ada3a5b/IMG_1326.jpg BLOG - The Saw Stop Dilemma - Make it stand out Saved by SawStop technology, the author triggered the brake while ripping thin stock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/e6bd4894-c544-4ab1-bdcd-44327e665f08/IMG_4058.jpg BLOG - The Saw Stop Dilemma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/a-mess-of-mesquite monthly 0.5 2024-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/01658ea5-bf3b-46ef-b907-bc1078c6cdde/IMG_4038.jpg BLOG - A Mess of Mesquite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/5dc56215-0026-4a40-8240-769001709118/IMG_4036.jpg BLOG - A Mess of Mesquite - Make it stand out A 2-3/8” diameter mounting hole was bored into the blank. This allows the blank to be mounted on the lathe with a scroll chuck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/1da70433-e6b0-4a62-a1f2-7567e1e7be87/IMG_4037.jpg BLOG - A Mess of Mesquite - Make it stand out The flaws in the mesquite blank got worse the more I cut away. But it is the flaws that make a diamond sparkle. (Is that true?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/a12f12a3-eca4-4cad-ac78-1b5901ff0363/IMG_4039.jpg BLOG - A Mess of Mesquite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/aeaab87f-ab51-436c-827e-cb241bab4fd8/IMG_3960.jpg BLOG - A Mess of Mesquite - Make it stand out Nine-inch diameter mesquite log bisected in two. From it four large turning blanks will be cut. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/3m-xtract-sandpaper monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/614de42d-c601-43b9-a3f9-183b9a5dc8ee/IMG_3958.jpg BLOG - 3M Xtract Sandpaper - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/leaps-and-bounds monthly 0.5 2024-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/3848c9e1-23f8-413e-a26f-fbaf3a688b96/IMG_3956.jpg BLOG - Leaps and Bounds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/1301f139-6ed0-4e04-9492-9128176ce3a0/IMG_3953.jpg BLOG - Leaps and Bounds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/model-of-mockup monthly 0.5 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/7a2df362-76f3-4f9c-a9e0-1f13948873f6/IMG_3934.JPG BLOG - Model or Mockup? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/39015f1e-84f2-4312-a1e2-d937b788527b/IMG_3940.jpg BLOG - Model or Mockup? - Make it stand out Should the trestle have five risers under the top? Three, or seven? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/ba2898d3-a2f9-4fdf-94ab-7d6ddfde3740/IMG_3939.jpg BLOG - Model or Mockup? - Make it stand out A scale model made to help determine design elements of the coffee table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/c0289dcd-4cdb-4529-8a2e-68cbc98fc22f/IMG_3942.jpg BLOG - Model or Mockup? - Make it stand out Would an additional support (riser) distract from the appearance of the coffee table? https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/coffee-table-two-steps-forwardnbsp monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/e24f30d4-8689-4653-94e6-8fe4fb8b3a05/IMG_3854.JPG BLOG - Coffee Table --Two Steps Forward  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/88a6e1b3-0eb0-45d1-9aa2-32790724ff73/IMG_3850.JPG BLOG - Coffee Table --Two Steps Forward  - Make it stand out Cutting the wide edge of the tabletop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/508c826e-8cac-47b6-b236-4349620ba870/IMG_3872.jpg BLOG - Coffee Table --Two Steps Forward  - Make it stand out Setting up to cut a square and straight edge on a rough cut cherry board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/d75a4889-c17d-4133-906c-0d8171ca90a0/IMG_3835.JPG BLOG - Coffee Table --Two Steps Forward  - Make it stand out Ripping the tabletop long edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/1f2e23c0-95db-4de3-9a7a-7faf4889605e/IMG_3900.JPG BLOG - Coffee Table --Two Steps Forward  - Make it stand out Ripping 2-7/8” wide boards on my jobsite saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/a4b75e7c-4ddb-45de-9a5a-3b737b115b40/IMG_3913.jpg BLOG - Coffee Table --Two Steps Forward  - Make it stand out “Prepared” stock. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/groovin-to-a-flat-table-top monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/3c987273-3e6f-4470-8b70-654586066d07/IMG_3768.JPG BLOG - Groovin’ to a Flat Table Top - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/3a5dd050-643a-4e0a-8e87-bb7329bebd52/IMG_3804.JPG BLOG - Groovin’ to a Flat Table Top - Make it stand out Allowing the glue to cure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/3c4fc3bf-9fd7-4000-ae24-b3174deb91a9/IMG_3794.JPG BLOG - Groovin’ to a Flat Table Top - Make it stand out With the splines cut to length and fitted to the grooves, I glued them in place and “clamped” them with temporary screws. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/298c6f66-2e77-41fc-9657-ee75c0e0c32e/IMG_3776.JPG BLOG - Groovin’ to a Flat Table Top - Make it stand out Three grooves plowed on the underside of the table top. The board is clamped flat on a worktable. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/coffee-table-next-steps monthly 0.5 2024-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/eb1610ca-66ed-4006-bf5c-d43d3949d046/IMG_3751.jpg BLOG - Coffee Table Next Steps - Make it stand out Close up of the lumber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/cf6c3e0b-9481-4641-9a8e-841ea3757012/IMG_3742.jpg BLOG - Coffee Table Next Steps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/c9a0d1d4-64e7-4168-b739-13bc7efbf112/IMG_3750.jpg BLOG - Coffee Table Next Steps - Make it stand out Cherry lumber waiting to be cut up. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/how-to-hold-up-a-tabletop monthly 0.5 2024-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/19129fce-f40d-47aa-9c52-3746bec1818a/IMG_3730.jpg BLOG - How to hold up a tabletop - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.robjohnstonewoodworker.com/blog/a-bowl-that-i-owe monthly 0.5 2024-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/4c85d191-cbfe-4ca8-81ac-71ffdd03f569/IMG_2879.jpg BLOG - A Bowl that I Owe - Make it stand out A truckload of black walnut cut from a local tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/a0da4d70-f454-4f54-8867-cccdbe85d1ef/IMG_3715.jpg BLOG - A Bowl that I Owe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65985a11bcb3c313691204b6/d42678c0-52ae-478a-a656-2200efb12df6/IMG_3533.JPG BLOG - A Bowl that I Owe - Make it stand out In addition to the bowl turning stock, I used the black walnut for Christmas gifts last year. 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